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September 2007

Considering we had avoided falling into the relegation zone in the first half of the season, I was confident that we could repeat it in the second half of the season. First up were a team that had already trounced us 3-0 on the first day of the season, Nautico. The also had the talented youngster Betinho amongst their ranks. So it was much to my surprise when we took the lead early on, Berg with a great header on 6 minutes. And I was even more surprised and overjoyed when 8 minutes later, Sergio made it two. As expected on 25 minutes, Claudio (who later this month would complete a move to Ponte Preta) pulled one back for Nautico to make it 2-1 at half time. I had seen this type of situation many times before, a good first half and then a defensive collapse in the second. It was becoming a bit of a trademark for us. It seemed the day was full of surprises as just 4 minutes after the re-start, Neno increased our lead to 3-1. That was how it stayed, an incredibly crucial result for us.

We had been lucky enough to catch Nautico on a bad patch of form. I doubt we would be as lucky in our next game against Bahia, who were currently in second place. It proved to be right, as Bahia were just too strong from start to finish. Two goals from William and a penalty from Valdson enough to cancel a goal from Fabricio. Final Score 3-1 to Bahia. Next up was CRB and I sensed some backlash from the 5-2 humiliation we had given them. It certainly wasn't the cake walk the first game was but we still left our mark. Luciano opened the scoring for us on 8 minutes, the new midfielder is beginning to settle down alongside Maycon. It was another defensive midfielder who would get the equaliser for CRB, Bruno Octavio making it 1-1. Funnily enough it was another one who would restore our lead, Maycon making it 2-1. It looked as though we would hold out for the win but 8 minutes from time Glaucio equalised for CRB.

Next was the first of two local derby's against Avai. Still yet to beat our fierce rivals under my management we were more desperate than ever and today was possibly our best ever chance. We went ahead through Luciano, who bagged his second goal in as many games. But Fabio Oliveira, who has probably scored more goals against us then any other player popped up with the equaliser on 25 minutes. Berg managed to put us back in front with just two minutes of the first half remaining. But yet again we conceded another equaliser and were destined for another draw as Zaltron made it 2-2, which was how it stayed. Against Figueirense, the second local derby, it was us who were forced to grab an equaliser. Neno had opened the scoring early but two Daniel Mendes goals forced Sergio to grab a late equaliser and amazingly another 2-2 draw.

Next was a relegation six pointer against Vila Nova (GO), it was a bore draw finishing 0-0 but it allowed us to consolidate 18th place and keep both them and Ceara at bay. I didn’t expect much against league leaders Parana in the next game. However they had just sold their star striker Vandinho to Botafogo for £3,500,000 and maybe it would throw them off balance. Whatever it was, it allowed us to get a positive 1-1 draw. Goals from Diego Vieira and Hevandro, who looks to have ended his goal drought. A lot of draws this month and the press have been on our backs but I’m not complaining as it keeps us four points clear of the relegation zone.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Nautico 3-1 A Second Division Neno, Sergio, BergBahia 1-3 H Second Division FabricioCRB 2-2 A Second Division Luciano, MayconAvai 2-2 H Second Division Luciano, BergFigueirense 2-2 A Second Division Neno, SergioVila Nova (GO) 0-0 A Second Division Parana 1-1 H Second Division Hevandro****************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************</pre>

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"What do you mean he got away??"

"It appears he had associates helping him, all of our men are dead"

"Dead? They were highly trained! How on earth did he get past them?"

"Some sort of explosion on the ground floor, ripped apart half the building."

"Then there is a possibilty Stader is dead?"

"Well, I suppose a possibilty but I would guess he is fleeing the country, probably back to Germany."

"Talk to our contacts in the fatherland, until then I want his father brought to me. If I have to torture him half to death myself then I will if it means coaxing this coward back so that kill him with my bare hands. See to it that it gets done."

Wolfgang nodded and turned to the door. His face still ached from the graze of the bullet, the painkillers had done absolutely nothing to dull the searing pain that hanunted him daily. Someone was going to pay for this, maybe even a few people. Striding down the corridors of the Estádio da Baixada, he flipped open his mobile phone and punched a few numbers. After two rings a voice answered the call.

"This is Wolfgang, I need you to do something for me..............."

***

Just metres away, around a corner in the corridor Sam was listening intently. Hurriedly he made a call on his mobile.

"Max? It's Sam, listen I don't have much time to explain but you need to get out of town right now........

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October 2007

Max promised to make a getaway as soon as he could, but I hadn't heard from him since. I now had no doubts about the chairman and his grandson, and you could say that I was fully comitted to the cause of removing them from power and getting them put in jail. Manni had been lucky to escape with his life according to Max and there were planning on re-uniting in Germany where they would contact me later. I felt very much alone now with this threat. It could be curtains for me if they found out I had been in contact with Max and Manni.

But I had to keep my mind on the relegation battle at hand. Obviously I didn't want a slip up but I knew we could afford one with a 4 point lead over the bottom two. Next was a televised home match against Ituano. Cabral opened the scoring for Ituano in the first half, however Luciano hit back just 60 seconds later to make it 1-1. Ituano showed their class though with Cabral rounding off a hat-trick to end the game 3-1 to Ituano. It didn't help matter that our top scorer Berg picked up a knock. Ponte Preta dished out our next defeat, Marcelo Rosa, Julio Cesar and Josafa on target in a rampant 3-0 win. We had now lost our advantage against the bottom two and the gap was reduced to a point as we clutched hold of 18th place.

However, our next result could not have come at a better time. Santo Andre visted the Estádio da Baixada and were humbled as we ran out 1-0 victors. Berg shook off his injury to grab another crucial three points. There has been a lot of interest in Berg as he seems to have reached his peak. His reputed value is growing exponentially and it makes me wonder if there will be a big money buyer in January. Two late goals were a major disappointment in our next game as under pressure Paysandu ran out 2-0 winners. Treze seemed to be going from strength to strength after winning the Third Division last season. A top 5 finish was a realistic target for them and they showed this by dispatching us 3-0 incredibly comfortably. It would not surprise me if they are promotion candidates for next season.

Our final game of October was one of the most crucial of the season, fellow relegation candidates Ceara. There had been a lot of pressure in the press from the Ceara boss and I had retalliated with good reason to the remarks. I hoped that we could demonstrate my comments on the pitch. Not only did we do exactly that, but we took it a step further. Berg, Hevandro and Sergio were all on target in a 4-0 demolition of the bottom side. The result saw us snatch 17th off Paulista who have entered the relegation battle, Portuguesa are also not safe.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Ituano 1-3 TV H Second Division Luciano Ponte Preta 0-3 A Second Division Santo Andre 1-0 H Second Division BergPaysandu 0-2 A Second DivisionTreze 0-3 A Second DivisionCeara 4-0 H Second Division Berg(2), Hevandro, Sergio******************************************** ************************************************** **********************************************</pre>

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November/December 2007

After almost an entire season, battling against relegation it was crunch time. Just six games to go, the games that would decide our fate for next season. Notably these games would include high profile clashes with fellow strugglers Paulista and Portuguesa. However if Vila Nova and Ceara continued their abysmal form then it would stand us in good stead for survival. First up was SE Gama who we had scraped three points off earlier in the season. Alas it was not to be this time. It was an incredibly exciting match that saw two goals within 4 minutes. Romulo had caught out our defence as early as the first minute only to see Hevandro equalise two minutes later. Hevandro's goals would certainly be a key factor if we were to stay up. Since coming on loan from Juventude he had made an instant impact. Ironically however, he could be playing against us next season as Juventude were in severe relegation troubles from the First Division. Romulo gave SE Gama the lead on 18 minutes to confound our relegation woes. It was to get worse in the second half as stand in Jean concede an own goal to put SE Gama 3-1 up. Fabricio, who had put in a number of good substitute performances, pulled back the deficit to 3-2. That was how it stayed as we succumbed to another defeat. Luckily Ceara and Vila Nova both lost and we were able to stay in 18th.

We were now down to the final 5 games, and next up was our last televised match of the season against Portuguesa. Portuguesa were not out of trouble yet but it looked like the five way relegation dogfight would soon be reduced to four teams. Portuguesa were on the back foot from the word go as we dominated, Hevandro scoring early to give us a 1-0 lead. As has been so often this season we conceded not long after taking the lead. Italo making it 1-1 just a minute later. Berg restored our lead to 2-1 on 23 minutes and it looked like we would hang on to a priceless victory, however Italo was not finshed and he grabbed a very late equaliser to end the game 2-2. Another game where we should have won was next against much higher profile opponents, Vitoria. An early Jair goal was cancelled out by a very late Alecsandro penalty. A crucial 1-1 draw that kept us in 18th place.

We had to travel to Paulista next and a win for them would effectively see them safe from relegation. We clawed back a 2-0 deficit to 2-2 thanks to two goals from Hevandro but cruelly lost it in added time. Victor Santana dealing the crucial blow. Thankfully Ceara and Vila Nova continued to lose and it was now between us three, with only one of us to make it out. We had two tough games at the end of the season, first up Santa Cruz who walloped us 3-0 without trouble and then Guarani who ground out a 3-1 win.

I know what you are thinking, Ceara and Vila Nova must have picked up something and we were probably headed back for the Third Division, never to see the light of day again. Well I’ll let you be the judge of that:

Final Table

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************SE Gama 2-3 H Second Division Hevandro, FabricioPortuguesa 2-2 TV A Second Division Hevandro, BergVitoria 1-1 H Second Division JairPaulista 2-3 A Second Division Hevandro(2)Santa Cruz 0-3 H Second DivisionGuarani 1-3 A Second Division Maycon******************************************** ************************************************** **********************************************</pre>

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1st January 2008

Munich, Germany

"Well I'll be damned, he did it. Close in the end apparantly, he's been the best thing that's ever happened for this club"

"We need him long term, it's good to know he has things in order while we press ahead with other business"

Munich's Marienplatz was packed and in a small cafe two men sat talking. One was a lot older than the other, despite chatting enigamtically there was an air of uneasiness about them. As if they were worried about being watched.

"So what's the plan?"

"I'm still trying work something out, it's not as if we can try and bump them off again. They'll be ready for it, and who knows they might know where we are already. We should stay put for a while, Heinrich is not getting any younger, I think we should focus our efforts on his beastly offspring."

"He's even smarter than his grandfather, how will we get to him?"

Max nodded in agreement, it would have to be Heinrich. Suddenly it came to him.

"We are going to have to dig into his past, the man was in the SS, who knows what he was involved in."

"That would mean grandfather would have been involved in something"

"No, he wasn't like that. He despised it all, it's why he deserted. I remember reading something in his journal about an outpost in the middle of nowhere somewhere near the Austrian border that Heinrich was stationed in.

"And?"

"Well what is a senior SS officer doing in an outpost in the middle of nowhere? There must of been something going on there and if we get it we can get him locked up again, it's time to do some research

Grinning, Manni drained his cup of coffee and stood up to leave. Max followed suite and as they left their table they turned round and were face to face with two huge men in suits. Heinrich's "associates" for sure.

Good afternoon gentlemen

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January 2008

For the first time in my career at Hermann Aichinger I could say that I was confident of a successful season.I even rated our chances in the upcoming Santa Catarina championship. Although we had the two big guns, Avai and Figueirense first up. Howver for all that confidence the opening game against Avai was a disaster. They were 2-0 up within 15 minutes through two goals from Zaltron. Diego Morais soon made it 2-1 but Fabio Oliveira netted before Zaltron completed his hat trick to make it 4-1. Wellington brought the first half to a close with a well placed finish to end an entertaining 45 minutes that ended 4-2 to Avai. Any hopes of a comeback were dashed by a Fabio Oliveira penalty, Alê getting sent off on the hour and Ricardo netting Avai's 6th and final goal of the game. A shocking defeat but the squad will soon gel. We desperately needed a better performance against Figueirense, to a certain extent we got one. Diego Morais scoring a quick goal to put us 1-0 in front. However Figueirense produced an efficient performance and two goals from Danilo and one from Rafael Carioca condemned us to a 3-1 defeat.

Alê returned from suspension to face Chapecoense. It took us a while to settle down but Alê managed to single handedly get us 2-0 up before the break icluding one from the penalty spot. Juliano increased the lead to 3-0 in the second half, the 17 year old is being hailed "the next Alex (of Cruzeiro and Fenerbahce)". Diego Morais rounded off the game by continuing his promising form and adding a fourth. Guarani de Palhoca promised to be an easy three points and indeed they were. Two penalties from Clecio and another goal from Diego Morais were enough to cancel out William's solitary strike.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Avai 2-6 A Santa Catarina Diego Morais, WellingtonFigueirense 1-3 H Santa Catarina Diego MoraisChapecoense 4-0 H Santa Catarina Alê(2), Juliano, Diego MoraisGuarani de Palhoca 3-1 A Santa Catarina Clecio(2), Diego Morais******************************************** ************************************************** **********************************************</pre>

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February/March 2008

Once again we had been unlucky with the draw for the state championship. All three Second Division sides were lumped into one group, I knew we would trash Group A without breaking a sweat. However the reality was elimination for the 3rd successive year. Our chances were boosted by a new signing in February.

Realistically to make the Semi Final we had to win every remaining game. We made a good start against Caxias, young midfielder Jonathan got his first goal for the club while Diego Morais continued his incredibly run of goals. Most impressive of all was Wellington's hat trick to give us a 5-0 victory. Next up was Avai who effectively ended our hopes of qualification with a 2-0 win. Zaltron and Uelliton grabbing their farewell goals for the club, Zaltron headed to Guarani whilst young midfielder Uelliton went to Gremio. It was not over yet but a win against Figueirense was vital. Former CAHA legend Adriano scored within the first minute but true to his character, refused to celebrate against his old club. To our credit we fought back and Wellington's second half goal salvaged a point but that was not enough to realistically challenge the top two.

In our next game Andre came on for the injured Juliano and grabbed a goal against Chapecoense, Diego Morais rounded off the scoring in a comfortable 2-0 victory. Guarabi de palhoca got a real punishing as an amazing 4 goals from Wellington helped us to a 7-0 demolition. Other goals came from Diego Morais, Ale and Denio. We rounded off our 2008 Santa Catarina campaign with a 2-0 victory over Caxias, thanks to a brace from Wellington, who is coming into form.

It left the group table looking like this. Now almost a two month break until the start of the new league season.

<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ================================================== =================================================B razilian Santa Catarina State Championship Group 2 ================================================== =================================================P os. Team P W D L F A G.D Pts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Q Avai 10 10 0 0 30 9 +21 30 2. Q Figueirense 10 7 1 2 25 13 +12 22---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Hermann Aichinger 10 6 1 3 27 13 +14 19 4. Chapecoense 10 2 2 6 12 20 -8 85. Caxias 10 1 2 7 10 27 -17 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6. R Guarani de Palhoca 10 0 2 8 8 30 -22 2================================================= ================================================== </pre>

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Caxias 5-0 H Santa Catarina Jonathan, Wellington(3), Diego MoraisAvai 0-2 H Santa CatarinaFigueirense 1-1 A Santa Catarina WellingtonChapecoense 2-0 A Santa Catarina Andre, Diego MoraisGuarani de Palhoca 7-0 TV H Santa Catarina Wellington(4), Denio, Ale, Diego MoraisCaxias 2-0 A Santa Catarina Wellington(2)************************************* ************************************************** ************************************************** ***</pre>

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Deep in the bowels of the Estádio da Baixada lies a small, dark and barren room. Affectionately reffered to by Heinrich as "Der Kerker". In der Kerker sat two men who were chained to their chairs, gagged and blindfolded. With a loud creak the heavy metal door swung open and Heinrich wheeled himself into the room, alone. He removed the two men's gags and blindfold and discarded them. Max and Manni looked exhausted and de-hydrated as they sat before the 90 year old.

"I have been hearing the most disturbing rumours about the two of you. First you attempt to murder me and my grandson, then you succeed in the murder of my business associates. Now you try to plot my downfall again, and all for this precious football club. I have to admit its doing rather well at the moment."

"It's more than that you bÃ*stard! It's revenge for the death of my father, the man you killed."

"Your father was a fool, he lacked the inspiration to be succesful. Just like his son and grandson lack it to get anything done properly. And besides, I served my punishment for that crime."

"Not in my eyes you haven't"

"Then I'll let you think about that during your stay here."

"What do you want from us?"

"I want to know who you are working with, until then you stay here."

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April/May 2005

The team was mostly in good condition after the lengthy break, however Ale was suspended as we returned to the Orlando Scarpelli to play Figueirense. Former CAHA star, Adriano was on target again against his old club and again he refused to celebrate the goal. During his career, he has had spells at all three major teams in Santa Catarina. Arguably his most successful was last season, his first for Figueirense where he was the club's top scorer with 18 goals. The equaliser came from a player bought with the money from Adriano's transfer, Luis Rodrigo. Luis was making a rare start in place of the suspended Ale and his diving header made it 1-1. Figueirense dominated the second half and were rewarded with a goal from Jadilson, which ended the game 2-1. Not the winning start I had in mind.

Next up was our first televised game of the season against Ponte Preta. Along with Vitoria, Ponte Preta are my personal tip for promotion this season after finishing a disappointing 4th last season. We were eager to perform well in front of the cameras and we could not have got off to a better start as Luciano found the net from a 25 yard free kick that bent round the Ponte Preta wall. Expecting a Ponte Preta onslaught, I was even more thrilled when Diego Morais found himself one on one with the keeper and cooly slotted home a second to put us 2-0 up. We managed to hang on for so long until 14 minutes from time when Luis Carlos made it 2-1. With just 4 minutes to go another defensive slip up allowed Lima to make it 2-2. We were denied a last minute Wellington winner to offside, only to see just seconds later Ricardo Conceicao give Ponte Preta an undeserved 3-2 win.

The tough opening fixtures refused to let up as played host to recently relegated side Juventude. There was no Hevandro in the Juventude line up as the game got under way. We got off to a cracking start as Ale put us 1-0 in front from the penalty spot. As usual the equaliser was only 4 minutes away as Beto levelled for 1-1. But I don't think anyone in the whole of Brazil was prepared for what happened next. Clecio reinstated the lead from the spot as we converted our second penalty of the day. Fan favourite Jair put daylight between the two sides making it 3-1 on 40 minutes. Then Diego Morais scored with a sublime finish just before the break to make it 4-1 to us at half time. The onslaught didn't quite continue but Wellington got on the scoresheet to make the final score 5-1.

We suffered a slight stutter against SE Gama next, not being able to recreat the magic that blew Juventude away. Both goals came in the first half, Jadeilson for Gama and the equaliser from Wellington. CRB had been the surprise package of last year, after a poor start they had managed to finish 5th. They had been the victims of our first win in the Second Division and they hadn't forgotten the humiliation as they came out fighting in our next game. However they had to fight for a point as two goals from Juliano and Diego morais forced CRB into scoring twice to scrape a draw. Goals coming from Cristiano and Dino to salvage a 2-2 draw.

Finally it was an away trip to the team I expect to win the title this year, Vitoria. It was a tightly contested game that Vitoria had the slight edge in. But it was young midfielder Jonathan who was the hero as his strike earnt us a priceless win against a team that had until now had a 100% record. After a shaky start we had picked ourselves up and into mid table. I hope we can build upon this for the rest of the season.

Results
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"> ************************************************** ************************************************** ****************************************Figueirens e 1-2 A Second Division Luis RodrigoPonte Preta 2-3 TV H Second Division Luciano, Diego MoraisJuventude 5-1 H Second Division Clecio, Ale, Jair, Wellington, Diego MoraisSE Gama 1-1 A Second Division WellingtonCRB 2-2 TV H Second Division Juliano, Diego MoraisVitoria 1-0 A Second Division Jonathan****************************************** ************************************************** ************************************************</pre>